Lexi Thompson Wins 1 Million Dollars and Vare Trophy!

johnnydoom lexi actually fits in more on the men's tour, she is straight up bomb and gouge

ode Absolutely! Her average driving distance is 30 yards more than mine and I probably have only hit a handful of drives in my life longer than her average.

garyt1957 Putting was her weakness as an Amateur. Kept her from advancing in the U.S Girls Junior and U.S. Women's Amateur, more than once. Was a horrible putter. Better now, but it will happen again, as it does happen to the best occasionally.

Par4QC You feel sorry for them because they earn a living playing golf?

puttnfool You feel sorry for them because they earn a living playing golf?

No, I don't believe you're quoting him accurately. There was context in the statement. In the sentence prior he noted a male professional golfer of less 'stature' who was not nearly so successful (again, within a context) yet, had a bigger pay day.

Some folks believe the PGA is 'too' lucrative; that mediocrity is rewarded too much.

professor I didn't quote him. Simple fact is, they all have the same opportunities. The ladies earn what their skills demand.

When the LPGA tour gets to a decent percentage of the attendance of the PGA tour draws then you can start paying the gals more money. They just do not draw, where are you going to get the money. I feel they deserve more money also but you have to have the money ( i.e. sponsorship's and attendance ) to be able to pay them. It's a business.

RobertThomas That's what people either don't understand or don't wanna face up to. Everyone wants to scream "equality" and talk about how their feelings are hurt that they're not getting exactly what someone else is getting, but what they don't realize is they just don't have the skills, talent, etc. to get what they want. Simply put, they need to work harder.

mikeintopeka if that's true, then I guess I'd agree. Easy problem to solve, though, just don't have the tournaments at the same time. USGA has that covered, I think.

puttnfool they don't realize is they just don't have the skills, talent, etc.

Yet, the poorest of the LPGA players could wipe your ass with your own shirt!!

Get real.

DC300 You just have to be honest about it all, do you watch the LPGA?

Absolutely! I've even stayed up late into the night watching their foreign tourneys, when they get broadcast. They play similar golf that we all do(or should)....smart golf. No trying fancy shots, no trying to outhit one another. Probably because they are playing for peanuts and need to make sure they score as low as they can in order to make a cut/cash a check.

Par4QC Yet, the poorest of the LPGA players could wipe your ass with your own shirt!!

Get real.

Hell, yeah. No argument from me. Not sure where you pulled that from because I never said, implied, or insinuated that I was better than any of them.

Par4QC

You are the anomaly. The NBA vs the WNBA, the PGA vs LPGA, so on and so forth, wages are lower because the viewership is FAR lower. This dictates the sponsorship and therefore payout. TV sponsorship is a lot of it, as are major corporations.

There is very little interest in woman’s sports in general. This is not sexist, this is pure fact. Until there is a way to draw the viewers, the wages will be lower. Maybe they play a great fundamental game, but that doesn’t sell tickets to anybody outside of the purists. Golf has a small enough following as it is, that’s with the Mega stars on the PGA. I can’t name 20 female golfers on tour today and I’ll bet I know more than 99% of the world. The crazy shit Tiger could do, the shots Phil could create, the dominance of Jordan in his Major run, the international appeal and raw power of Rory all draw viewers. Getting up and down from the middle of the fairway isn’t all that fun. This is why the men get paid and the women don’t.

DC300 Yep. You could probably attribute the lack of viewer interest to a lot of things - maybe men watch more TV in general, I suspect they definitely watch more sports. Men at large probably don't like to watch women be better than them at something. The men who have watched the PGA for years don't necessarily have a hole in their lives that the LPGA fills.

The LPGA being dominated by Asian players probably has a lot to do with it in the USA as well.

Whatever the reason, the interest that drives ad sponsors just isn't there. Is a great product that no one wants to buy a great product?

I watch more LPGA than I do the PGA. I like it a lot better. I'm sure I'm in the minority, though.

ZWExton to be honest, it’s just not fun to watch technicians, they are great, but show me a 360 yard draw, over the trees, where 70 other have failed and then stick it for a 6 foot eagle putt vs 270 in the fairway, next to the other person, both come in and are ~15 feet or less and take good run at the bird.. sorry, not that fun.

Conditions for both brutal, but honestly, women’s golf is boring to me. Men’s is fun for the competition and the crazy shit they pull off. LPGA might as well be watching a training on the golf network with no actual instructors

DC300 In your last bit maybe you captured what I like about the LPGA. What could be better than instruction without ask the mindless blather? Watching In-Gee Chun's golf swing is more likely to improve your game than watching an instruction show, IMO.

DC300 - I see what you mean but I would NOT refer to them as technicians. I gain a lot from observing how the women on the LPGA dissect and manage our games. Your "show me a ...where 70 others have failed" is the attitude that cost Michelson tournaments including at couple of majors.

So how do I justify taking a low percentage golf shot when I'm out playing? I declare to my partners that I'm on vacation today and YOLO (you only live once).